HHS Adds to List of Data Breaches

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HHS Adds to List of Data Breaches The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has added five more organizations to a Web page listing covered entities that have reported breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting more than 500 individuals. OCR launched the page in February with the listings of 47 organizations. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> Feds Award More MU Planning Grants Six more states will receive matching federal planning funds to implement programs to administer Medicaid incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records, bringing the total to at least 16 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> NIST Readies EHR Testing The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the first of four installments, called Waves, of new test methods and related software for ensuring electronic health records systems comply with meaningful use requirements. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> Paper Studies Patient Consent for HIEs A new white paper from George Washington University's Department of Health Policy examines whether, to what extent, and how patients should have the option to control the sharing of their health information in a health information exchange. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> GE Buy Targets Small Practices GE Healthcare has acquired MedPlexus Inc., a vendor of software for small, independent physician practices, for an undisclosed sum. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> Insurer Adds Breach Protection The Doctors Company, which sells malpractice insurance to physicians, in January started offering additional coverage to solo and small practices to protect them in instances of breaches of protected health information. Go to Stimulus >>     Email this story >> You are currently subscribed to SNap(R) Health Informatics SNap(R) Health Informatics